Backing, £8 and hi/lo silver on first board. Plenty enough to tempt me, so i off i went. Took a full £60 (with 3 £25 dead boards) to get King Streak, which went for a cracking £25. Carried on with it, and was soon offered the £25 shot again. Sacked that off for another KS, which took another £40 to get for another £25. Very annoyed at this point, i played for another KS which cost me about £30, and went for £42 this time. After all that nonsense, i'd gone £130 in with £92 back. £40 odd down then. Tried for a bit of afterplay, and after £11 in for a board i only got £3. Thought to myself, one bloody more, which cost another £10 for £6 back.
Totals £150 in £100 out. What's the bloody point, all my weekend hard work undone by one stubborn bastard of a machine.
Not Impressed! :x :x :x
Matt
Stay out of them arcades!!
It is annoying when the 50/60 u make here and there on decent fruits, u spike all of it in a shite one
Very much so. I was extremely pissed off, ass all my good work had been thrown away by one blag of a machine. I know it happens, but as i play less these days, when i do lose it annoys me that bit more.
Hmph.
Matt
"Sixty percent of the time, it works, every time!"
There's nothing worse than losing your profit on a backing machine!!! I once walked into an arcade and won £250 (profit) within 30 minutes. Never been so lucky in all my life! On the way out I thought I'd try a quick quid in a Bar X - £25 and £10 version. To my luck it was backing! I thought nice one - an easy twenty to be made - at least! £200 quid later I got a jackpot!! The machine had been hammered earlier and hand filled by the scumbag attendant who said fuck all to me - even though I was a regular and very friendly with the staff for obvious reasons.
That was about 6 years ago and still winds me up today!
KingKerdon'tevenbother is my usual approach to these. I had a touch yesterday though, £8 in and offered the £25 shot which repeated to my amazement, then a skill cash after
Nah, they are good machines. I like KKC, Hot Shot and Jewel In The Crown quite a lot actually.
You know too well when they are dead. Onto the board. First spin either higher for a 10, or lower for pay rise or something. First shot £3rp. Just take it and run if it does that. If not, decide what state its in, and you shouldn't do too badly.
Matt
"Sixty percent of the time, it works, every time!"
more often than not iv had 50 from it from the following board after jp giving a silent im but just lets you gamble all the way and can still offer a few afters
If offered £6/£8 shot or Bash The Cash, Good Times, Knockout Skill and its full, just force for King Streak
Others may disagree but most of the time i have had another IM or IM not long after the first streak
Played one last week
First King Streak cost £25
Went for £29
Then £6 back in hidden IM got Reel Crazy which went for £44
Not many left near me
Got a few Jewels In The Crown but not really played them
You lot must have a lot more luck on these than I do. I generally push them if showing £8 shot but don't ever really make on them, usually because the post-top board can cost a lot. I've only had one proper streak from about 50 attempts, took the best part of a ton out Hot Spot. Usually, if I can get a quick Skill Cash I'll be a happy to walk though, broke-even or lost just too many times from what seemed a safe force. And the gameplay is boring as hell!
I really like these machines. The gameplay switching from feature to cash is great and I love the step feature. Like said, if on 3 cash strikes it throws you an £8, it's easy cash to walk off with. I went 2quid in and got offered £8. Put another quid in to try my luck and get a 10quid repeat chance high up so took it thinking it would be £20 but it was just £10. Im always chuffed to walk about with even £5 up for a few pints even if it's considered small profit for some people, i'd rather stay ahead of a game a few quid everytime than go all in all the time losing loads and occasionally getting a big payout.
